Tag Archives: bereavement
After The Funeral
That time no one talks about
The Sound of Silence
with thanks from @blabers
I’ve always been one to moan about the lack of “me time” in my life. In fact, when I was having counselling for my Generalised Anxiety Disorder, one of the things we built in to my plan was to find at least ten minutes a day when I could be on my own and just be silent.
You see, I always used to crave silence. My job means I’m always talking, or surrounded by people who are talking, or who are playing music and sometimes the cacophony in my head would just get to the point where I thought it was going to explode. Add to that the spaghetti of worrying thoughts that I suffer from occasionally and you can see why I wanted to learn to meditate.
Who cares? Support for carers of people approaching the end of life
The Government’s first national survey of end of life care experiences revealed that only half of the sons, daughters, partners, siblings, parents and friends caring for a dying person receive the help they need
Holiday Inn Regents Park, London, W1W 5EE, United Kingdom
Overview
Why this conference?
The Government’s first national survey of end of life care experiences revealed that only half of the sons, daughters, partners, siblings, parents and friends caring for a dying person receive the help they need. The needs of unpaid carers are too often overlooked or left unmet by ‘the system’. This can have a devastating impact on people’s experience of caring and bereavement. It also makes it difficult, if not impossible, to achieve the Government’s ambition of allowing more people to be cared for and die in their preferred place, which is usually at home. A home death can put enormous pressure on carers on a 24/7 basis.
This national conference, organised by leading charities, explores the needs of carers of people approaching the end of life and some of the particular issues, concerns and dilemmas that accompany this stage of caring. It will look at how the national End of Life Care Strategy (DH, 2008) and Carers Strategy (2008) can be brought together and, by showcasing good practice examples, how they can be translated into a reality on the ground.
Widows and Carers should be recognized
Govt bereavement research fails to consider older people because social security is no longer social
The government is going through a consultation about bereavement benefits at the moment (you have to reply by the 5th March): here is the document on the web: Government consultation on bereavement benefit.
They have also published some research which, from the point of greying people, is a bit disappointing. The crucial cut-off date is age 45, because the state bereavement allowance is only paid for a year if you are bereaved from that age up to state pension age (unless you have children when you are bereaved, in which case you you get an extra allowance while you are getting child benefit for them).
